/**
 * Licensed under the MIT License
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2010 Alexandre Croiseaux
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
 * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
 * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
 * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
 * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
 * subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
 * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
 * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 *
 */
package marcel.utils
{
	/**
	 * The Delegate class creates a function wrapper to let you run a function in the context
	 * of the original object, rather than in the context of the second object, when you pass a
	 * function from one object to another.
	 */
	public class Delegate
	{
		/**
		 * Creates a functions wrapper for the original function so that it runs in the provided context.
		 * @param	handler		Function to run in the context of the function's owner.
		 * @param	...args		optional arguments to pass to the function
		 * @return	A Function object	
		 */
		public static function create(handler:Function, ...args):Function
		{
			return function( ...innerArgs):void
			{
				handler.apply(this, innerArgs.concat(args));
			}
		}
	}
}